Don’t pass me by: Encouraging shoppers to stop, look and enter your store
What does your store front say about you and your business? Is it attracting potential new customers, or could it – gasp! – be putting them off? These were among the questions tackled in the latest in our Mastermind Forum discussions*. Session host Cheryl Thallon (owner of Sheaf Street Health Store) had prepared a punchy […]
What do you think about Mary Portas’s view of health stores?
The retail expert and former government adviser on the future of the high street, Mary Portas, was the headline speaker at last week’s Natural & Organic Products Expo show in London, where she gave a wide ranging interview with natural beauty champion and broadcaster, Janey Lee Grace. She was specicially asked for her opinion on […]
Queen of Shops: Mary Portas to headline at NOPEX
Natural & Organic Products Expo (NOPEX) has announced that the prominent retail expert, broadcaster, author, and activist, Mary Portas, will headline the trade event on 14-15 April at ExCeL London. Known as the ‘Queen of Shops’, Mary Portas is a highly influential figure in the retail world with decades of experience and a successful track record […]
Autumn statement: Business rates relief extension welcome, but small retailers face ever higher costs
Health Stores UK has welcomed aspects of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, but warns that high business costs continue to threaten the viability of crucially needed independent retailers. Key elements announced by Jeremy Hunt in the House of Commons on Wednesday included: • A cut in the main 12% rate of employee national insurance contributions by […]
